St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-08
STRAY SuNREAMs-

MIS-. CLEVELAND enjoys the singular dis
tinction among women Of never adding a
postscript to her letters. She writes big
strong, round hand and invariably signs her
self, Very sincerely yours FRANCES Folsom
CLEVELAND She always writes on pale blue
note paper and uses square envelopes. She
is sagacious enough to eschew the ''coat of
arms folly, which made the ARTHUR adj
ministration ridiculous, and is content with
emblazoning her paper and envelopes with
red, white and blue shield, enameled with
narrow golden scroll containing the words
THE White House. in raised letters. The
only mark of feminine weakness that she
betrays in her letter writing is an over-fond-
ness for underscoring.
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The only flaw that Mr.. CLEvELAND's enc
mics can find in his recent speeches is that
his historical statements coincide with the
encyclopedias. This is a far-fetched criti-
cism at best, for it only goes to confirm the
general opinion concerning Mr.. CLEvELAND's
accuracy and reliability in whatever he says
and does. 1t is always Mr.. CLEvELAND's rule
when he wants information on any subject
to go to none but standard authorities to OBJ
tain it.
movement has been started in Massachu-
sets to erect monument to HENRY WILSON
1t is about time. The probable reason for
the long delay in erecting memorial to Mr..
WILSON is that he was not a college graduate.
Massachusetts is not a state to reverence men
who win fame without the aid of a college
diploma.
Hon. j. l.. M. CURRY, United States minis
ter to Spain, who is now in St. Paul visiting
his son. says that the civilization of Spain is
fully 200 years behind that of France, Ger
many, England or the United States. He
thinks that it has made more progress within
the last ten years than possibly at any other
period of Spain's national existence. Its
present progressive conditions are due to the
new elements of stability which have been
infused into the government by the 1eigning
dynasty.
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81 have a feeling that every American
should take off his hat as token of respect
to the queen of Spain,'' remarked DR.. CURRY
as he sat in the GLOBE editorial parlor yester.
day morning. I'm this country where
womanly virtue is respected so highly there
must be feeling of deferential respect for
the royal woman who has had the courage to
expel immortality from a court that has been
noted for its righteousness through great
many centuries. You remember that before
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gathered up her children and fed with them
to Austria, rather than have them contami-
mated by the corrupt atmosphere which sur
rounded them at Madrid. Now that she is
the ruler of the kingdom she enforces virtue
and rlght-doing among her courtiers That's
why l said every American ought to raise his
hat in token of respect to the queen of
SPAIN
''In connection with Mrs. CLEvELAND's an
proaching visit to this city, continued DIR.
CURRY, lit may interest you to know that the
queen of Spain manifests great affection and
admiration for the young wife of our chief
magistrate. Her majesty never tires of talk
ing to ME about Mrs. CLEVELAND and has
numberless questions to ask concerning our
first lady's personal beauty, her manners, her
tone of conversation, her style of dress and
everything that would occur TO a woman's
mind. She expresses great anxiety to see the
youthful mistress of the W hite house, and
apparently bears her as much love as If Mrs.
CLEVELAND were the queens own daughter"
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DR.. CURRY is an Albanian by birth and a
Virginian by adoption. He is a ripe scholar.
a fluent talker. and a gentleman of sterling
traits of character. He is n man of fine phys
ical development, ABOUT sixty years of age
and remarkably we'll preserved for his years.
In early life he was brilliant lawyer and
made national reputation in the halls of
| congress. Later on he abandoned both law
and politics and entered the ministry of the
Baptist church, where he made a reputation
as one of the most polished pulpit orators i'll
the country. For several years prior to his
appointment as minister resident at the court
of Spain, his time and services were devoted
exclusively to the management of the PEA
BODY educational trust, Of which he was
managing trustee. lie is now enjoying a
short vacation from his diplomatic labors.